HVAC User Interface (UI)

Great Websites Appeal To Users And Search Engines

Merging search engine optimization with a strong user interface (UI) is the challenge web designers face in the modern era. HVAC Webmasters is up to the task with our premium SEO and UI techniques, both of which compliment one another seamlessly. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, user interface refers to the interactive elements of a website — as experienced by the user. UI can generally be broken down into 4 groups:

Container

Information

Input

Navigation

The objective of UI is to facilitate the user’s desired outcome, whether that’s a completed task, a call to action, or simply a satisfactory experience. Most HVAC websites have an obvious function; to generate leads through phone calls, emails or contact forms. Building UI around your site’s primary function allows us to produce the results you and your customers are looking for. For user interface website design, give us a call at (800) 353-3409.

What Does Good UI Look Like?

A Website’s Interface Should Be “Invisible” To Its Users

There are several elements that reveal the quality of a website’s interface, and how effectively it serves its purpose. Of course, there is some level of subjectivity since we cannot experience the website from the prism of each user’s sensibilities. What we can do is use general consensus guidelines to instruct our development of UI and gauge its overall productivity. Quality UI is:

Covert: Not consciously noticeable to users

Familiar: Uses common practices to avoid confusion

Helpful: Assists the user in completing his or her desired task

Simple: Avoids excessive design elements

There’s a saying in the design community that “good UI is invisible.” Although the phrase is not meant literally, as menus, buttons, and text fields are all plainly visible, it is instructive nonetheless. It’s general meaning is that users don’t notice effective UI because they are focused on the task at hand, rather than how to complete it. HVAC Webmasters takes these concepts into account in each design.

UI and UX

Now that you know what UI stands for, it’s time to learn what UX stands for. UX means user experience in the design community, and it closely relates to the concept of UI. The goal of an interface is to provide a fundamentally strong UX. When the user’s task is facilitated through the use of interactive design, their experience is improved, and their likelihood of completing a call to action is increased. It’s not coincidental that both of these concepts are founded on the same principle that SEO is, which is to improve the user’s experience on a given web page.

We know that Google values UX over all else, but there are certain SEO elements that are compromised with excessive interface elements. Loud and innovative interfaces tend to generate a “wow” factor from visitors, but ultimately hinder their experience and therefore conflict with the very essence of SEO. That doesn’t mean there is no room for innovation in the design community, it just means that elements should be introduced gradually, rather than all at once. To claim your custom HVAC website with a quality user interface, give us a call at (800) 353-3409.

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